Air India Plans to Sell, Leaseback Dreamliner Aircraft

NEW DELHI—Air India Ltd. has invited bids from leasing companies to sell seven additional Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets, and hire them back on monthly rentals as part of its strategy to raise cash.

The national carrier currently operates 11 Dreamliner jets. It expects to take delivery of three more planes through February from Boeing Co., expanding the total fleet to 14, according to tender documents seen by The Wall Street Journal....